OK. -1 on PEP 299 it is. On 3/28/06, Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/28/06, Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It might be worth instead adding an option flag to the executable that > > > implies > > > "from the loaded module, run __main__() with sys.argv as its > > > argument(s)", so > > > the user can get this behaviour with `python -X somemodule.py`. > > > > You can do "python -m somemodule" as long as somemodule.py uses the if > > __name__=='__main__' convention. What does your proposal add? > > Well, it's not really my proposal. I'm just suggesting the behaviour in > PEP299 could be added via a commandline option so that it doesn't introduce > backward-incompatibility. > > I don't see any particular benefit to PEP299 myself -- I'd rather just add an > entry to the style guide about standardizing the "executable stanza" and > main() function. > > Charles > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GPL'ed software available at: http://pyropus.ca/software/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org >
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